Episode 2

Three perspectives on the new biennium

January 10, 2025: Three journalists sit down for a podcast... 

No, this isn't the start of a joke. But this conversation on the 2025 Legislative session is a reminder that what happens in Montpelier is seriously fun. Investigative Journalist Leah McGrath Goodman and Political Journalist John Walters share their insights on the state of the State of Vermont. 

Theme music by Red Heart the Ticker: http://rhtt.net

About the Podcast

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The Montpelier Happy Hour
A show about how things in the State House shake out for the rest of us

About your hosts

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Olga Peters

Producer and host Olga is a journalist by day and a screenwriter by night. On the Montpelier Happy Hour she combines a newshound's doggedness with a fiction writer's sense of "what if...".
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Emilie Kornheiser

Regular contributor Emilie Kornheiser represents Windham District 2-1 in the Vermont House of Representatives (that’s Brattleboro.) She always appreciates an opportunity to unpack the stories that drive us and hopes her gravestone will read “she asked good questions.” You can find more about her and her work in the legislature at emiliekornheiser.org.